First Do No Harm
First Do No Harm
Air Date | Rating | Share | Against the Competition |
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Sunday, February 16, 1997 | 11.2 | 17 | 2 |
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- Season: 1996-97
- Network: ABC
- Genre: Drama
- Category: Movies
- Subject Matter: Medical/Disease/Mental Illness, Family Drama, Children/Teens, True Story
Plot Synopsis
When their 4 year old son is diagnosed with epilepsy, a Missouri farm family is almost destroyed by the mounting medical bills and the lack of improvement from the massive drug therapy his doctors prescribe. Desperate and frustrated, the boy's mother begins pursuing an unorthodox treatment program that involves a Baltimore doctor's experimental ketogenic diet. Over time the child steadily improves.
Crew
- Michael Jaffe - Executive Producer
- Howard Braunstein - Executive Producer
- Jim Abrahams - Executive Producer
- Meryl Streep - Executive Producer
- Jim Abrahams - Director
- Ann Beckett - Writer
Production Company:
- Jaffe-Braunstein Prods.
Production Type:
- Independent
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